Noah Putnam Gates served as the first and third president of the Arkansas Industrial University from 1871-1873 and 1875-1877. Arkansas Industrial University changed to the name University of Arkansas in 1899.

Harry P. Ward, M.D. (b.1933-d.2008) served as Chancellor of UAMS from 1979 until 2000. The official name of the medical school in Little Rock became the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in 1980. Dr. Ward led the transformation...